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We Are Sparta Scenario#: AP190 Date: 10/4/1951 Location: Sangnyong, N. Korea With their own civil war against communism over, the Greek government was enthusiastic about sending forces to contribute to UN efforts in Korea. After arriving in December 1950, the Greek Expeditionary Force (GEF)-nicknamed the Sparta Battalion-was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
Kingston of the Hill Scenario#: AP120 Date: 4/22/1951 Location: Hwachon Reservoir, South Korea Joe Kingston's “King” Company, reinforced by a weapons platoon from “Mike” Company, the regimental recon platoon, and a platoon of 4.2” mortars, was responsible for defending 3,400 meters of the Hill 902 ridge despite being short of ammunition. As… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX
Bona Fide Effort Scenario#: AP189 Date: 4/11/1951 Location: Hwacheon Reservoir, S. Korea The Bukhan Dam held back the 19 billion cubic feet of water of the Hwacheon Reservoir. Concerned the CPVA might open the dam's sluice gates to hamper his movements, General Matthew Ridgeway ordered the dam to be captured or the gates disabled prior… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
The Cost of a Cross Scenario#: AP188 Date: 2/15/1951 Location: Chipyong-Ni, S. Korea In early February 1951, General Gay was reassigned to Eighth Army staff and replaced with former First Team executive officer General Charles D. Palmer. 5th Cavalry received a boost with the addition of a 3rd Battalion, transferred from the stateside… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
Home By Christmas? Scenario#: AP187 Date: 11/29/1950 Location: Samso-Ri, N. Korea Even after the heavy casualties inflicted on the 8th Cavalry Regiment at Unsan and Yongbyon, UN Command still thought that the Communist Chinese did not intend to rescue the Kim Il Sung regime. When Chinese forces disengaged in early November, the UN… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
The Horse They Never Rode Scenario#: AP186 Date: 11/6/1950 Location: Yongbyon, N. Korea The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 8th Cavalry Regiment barely escaped from Unsan on 2 November, with the 3rd Battalion under Major Robert Ormond acting as rear guard, not yet aware that the area was under attack by the entire Chinese 39th Army. After… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
Unsanity Scenario#: AP185 Date: 11/2/1950 Location: Unsan, S. Korea As the First Team blasted its way to the Yalu River and the Chinese border in late October, many of the GIs and Officers believed they might be home in time for Christmas. At the same time, however, units of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
The Order of War Scenario#: AP184 Date: 10/12/1950 Location: Korangp’o-Ri, S. Korea In August, General Gay replaced the 5th Cavalry Regiment's aging and near-deaf commander Colonel Carl Rohsenberger with the more dynamic Marcel Crombez. Colonel Crombez had missed most of WWII in stateside training assignments but served in the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
Patton’s Ghost Scenario#: AP183 Date: 9/27/1950 Location: Osan, S. Korea The breakout from the Pusan Perimeter would not be considered successful until Eighth Army linked up with X Corps coming from the Seoul area. To help make that a reality, each regiment of the First Team received fresh troops in early September in the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
Sabres Crossed Scenario#: AP182 Date: 8/16/1950 Location: Waegwan, S. Korea Lieutenant General Kim Ung and his KPA I Corps were two weeks behind schedule regarding "Operation Order 121"-to take Taegu and Pusan by 6 August. With Eighth Army getting stronger by the day in its defensive positions behind the Naktong, Ung’s… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
No Dunkirk Scenario#: AP181 Date: 8/14/1950 Location: Yongp’o, S. Korea On 29 July, the increasingly dire situation prompted Eighth Army Commander General Walton Walker to issue to division commanders what became known as his “Stand or Die” order, which read in part "There will be no Dunkirk, there will be no Bataan."… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
East Bank Scenario#: AP180 Date: 8/12/1950 Location: Wich’on-Dong, S. Korea The KPA plan for the attack against Taegu demanded that the 10th Division make a coordinated attack with the 3rd Division, from the west and southwest respectively. The 10th Division, so far untested in combat, was ordered to cross the Naktong River… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
Garry Owen! Scenario#: AP179 Date: 7/28/1950 Location: Kumchon, S. Korea Generals Walton "Johnnie" Walker and Hobart "Hap" Gay, commanders respectively of Eighth Army and 1st Cavalry Division, had both served in the Third Army during WWII, and both realized the division's performance at Yongdong was nothing General Patton… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
Walker’s Orders Scenario#: AP178 Date: 7/22/1950 Location: Yongdong, S. Korea After the mauling it received during the fall of Taejon, the 24th Infantry Division was relieved on 22 July by the 1st Cavalry Division, which became responsible for blocking the Korean People's Army's drive down the main Taejon-Taegu corridor to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
Invisible Foes Scenario#: AP005 Date: 5/4/1945 Location: Davo City, Philippines As the Okinawa campaign was in full swing, the Philippine campaign was winding down.Only the southern islands remained to be retaken from the Japanese. Mindanaowas the largest of these, and it was defended by the Japanese 100th and 30thDivisions. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Konev Cross Scenario#: AP119 Date: 4/27/1945 Location: Berlin, Germany On the evening of 25 April, General Chuikov's scouts discovered units of General Konev's front in the suburbs of Berlin. The glory of capturing the Reichstag had been promised to Chuikov's commander, Marshal Zhukov. Zhukov ordered Chuikov to cross… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX
The Ring Scenario#: AP001 Date: 4/20/1945 Location: Niesky, Germany With the final Soviet offensive pushing into the German capital, the war in the east was drawing to its conclusion. Soviet attacks in other sectors along the front were designed to keep German units pinned down, preventing them from reinforcing the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Into Vienna Woods Scenario#: AP052 Date: 4/17/1945 Location: St. Polten, Austria On April 12 STAVKA declared Vienna clear of German forces. The 3rd Ukrainian Front was issued new orders, one of which was to take the town of St. Polten, south-west of Vienna, in the strategically located Vienna Woods. St. Polten was taken on the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #5 East Front
Red Storm Scenario#: AP009 Date: 4/16/1945 Location: Alt Langsow, Germany The battle for the Seelow Heights on the outskirts of Berlin would be the battle upon which the fate of the capital would rest. On 16 April at 0300 hours, a massive array of Soviet artillery opened fore along the front. Searchlights were switched on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #2
Crickets in Spring Scenario#: AP131 Date: 3/7/1945 Location: Aranyos-Puszta, Hungary The Lake Balaton offensive, code named FRUHLINGSERWACHEN (Spring Awakening) began on 6 March. The “Hitlerjugend” division launched its part of the attack at 0400. The first day was disappointing as the division made little progress against the Soviet… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
Shouting Into The Storm Scenario#: AP062 Date: 2/8/1945 Location: Klein-Silber, Germany In early February, following the Red Army’s breakthrough and rapid advance in Poland, the northern flank of Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front in Pomerania was fluid. His worn-out and thinly spread troops pushed northward in an attempt to keep the enemy… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War
Forest Gumm Scenario#: AP174 Date: 1/19/1945 Location: Weyersheim, France Towards the latter part of Operation NORDWIND in the Alsace province of eastern France, the Germans shifted their focus to the Rhine River. ln response, the inexperienced American 12th Armored Division had tried to take the initiative against the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
Something to Prove Scenario#: AP051 Date: 1/18/1945 Location: Sid, Yugoslavia In an attempt to re-open lines to Panzer-Armee 2, Armeekorps XXXIV conducted a major attack along the Syrmien front south of the Danube. Opposing this assault were six divisions of Tito’s “partisan” army. Dug in like the Russians who had trained them… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #5 East Front
The Bend Scenario#: AP173 Date: 1/16/1945 Location: Hatten, France A war of attrition had descended upon the villages of Hatten and Rittershoffen in the French province of Alsace. German attempts to break through this sector and into the open plains beyond as part of Operation NORDWIND had been halted through the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
Mageret Morning Scenario#: AP130 Date: 1/8/1945 Location: Mageret, Belgium The German attack on Bastogne brought SS-Panzer-Division 12 to within 4 kilometers of the city center. The division was ordered to capture Hill 510 to the west of Mageret to provide observation into Bastogne since, from their current positions, they… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
Coal in Their Stockings Scenario#: AP100 Date: 12/25/1944 Location: Foy-Notre-Dame, Belgium By Christmas Eve, PanzerArmee 5’s attack had lost steam. Christmas morning dawned clear and bright, and ensuing Allied air activity restricted German ability to reinforce units that had made the deepest penetrations toward the Meuse River.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Desobry Defiant Scenario#: AP061 Date: 12/19/1944 Location: Noville, Belgium Early on the morning of 19 December, near Noville in a dense fog, advance units of the 2nd Panzer Division stumbled into elements of Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division. After several probes, the Germans deployed to attack. As the moved out… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War
Guns for St. Barbara Scenario#: AP072 Date: 11/29/1944 Location: St. Barbara, Germany The American 95th Infantry Division, upon being relieved from its position at Metz, was tasked with making the first crossing of the Saar River. From 25-28 November, the division made headway against the German defense which, though thin spread, was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #7
Bare Foot Beating Scenario#: AP099 Date: 11/10/1944 Location: Momauk, Burma The Chinese 38th Division, tasked with capturing Bhamo, advanced its three regiments south towards the Taping River. The 113th Regiment brushed aside Japanese patrols along its north bank, but found the south to be more heavily defended. 38th… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Panzergeist Scenario#: AP050 Date: 10/30/1944 Location: Olszak, Poland While most Soviet formations were either out of supplies, victory drunk or both, the German landsers were becoming weary of constant defensive action. With new equipment in place and supply lines back to the Reich shortened by the territorial losses… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #5 East Front
A Celebratory Mood Scenario#: AP177 Date: 10/21/1944 Location: Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines For the invasion of Leyte, the 1st Cavalry Division landed across White Beach, the northernmost beaches of Sixth Army. The 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment was on the right flank of the division and after landing turned north to clear the Cataisan… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
Hickory Lickin' Scenario#: AP172 Date: 10/16/1944 Location: Wurselen, Germany After several days of struggle, the city of Aachen, one of the first major German towns to be threatened on the Western Front, was now completely enveloped. The veteran U.S. 1st infantry Division had approached Aachen from the south while the 30th… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
Wise's War Scenario#: AP118 Date: 10/13/1944 Location: Aachen, Germany The main assault on Aachen began with a pounding barrage by aircraft and artillery. Early on 13 October, Lt. Col. John Corley's 3rd Battalion of the 26th Infantry Regiment was ordered to push northwest, while Lt. Col. Derrill Daniel's 2nd Battalion… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX
Last Laurels Scenario#: AP098 Date: 10/12/1944 Location: Mihaly, Hungary After a week of constant pressure, the German 6th and Hungarian 2nd Army defenses around Debrecen began to crack. With so many factors in his favor, General Andrei Kravchenko pressed home the assault on Hungary’s “second city”. He wanted to take… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Second City Scenario#: AP117 Date: 10/11/1944 Location: Debrecen, Hungary The Soviet attack had reached the edge of Debrecen and was closing in on the city itself. In typical fashion, the Cavalry-Mechanized Group would hit a weak point – usually the Hungarian lines – and try to force a rout. With the outskirts of Hungary's… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX
Display Of Enthusiasm Scenario#: AP110 Date: 10/4/1944 Location: Breberen, Germany The overstretched 175th Infantry Regiment had finally crossed Saeffler Creek and was being relieved by the 113th Cavalry Squadron when the Germans, in Major General Charles Gerhardt’s peculiar vernacular, started to display “a little enthusiasm” in… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Mook Point Scenario#: AP116 Date: 9/25/1944 Location: Mook, Holland By the time the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment landed on 23 September, the British Airborne in Arnhem had already been overrun. South of the Groesbeek Heights, the 82nd Airborne Division held on to the Kiekberg Woods, allowing the 319th Glider Field… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX
Bats Outta Hell Scenario#: AP115 Date: 9/15/1944 Location: Peleliu, Palau Islands The Palau operation called for the invasion of Peleliu on 15 September. The 1st Battalion of the 5th Marine Regiment landed on Orange Beach 1 at 0832 hours, where it met only scattered resistance upon landnig and as it moved inland. Instead of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX
Not Bad For A Lone Croc Scenario#: AP109 Date: 9/14/1944 Location: Fort Montbarey, France The 29th Infantry Division cuold feel that the campaign for Brest was reaching a climax but there was still a significant amount of frustration at divisional headquarters with the slow progress and general attrition of trained fighting men from… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Coriano Scenario#: AP082 Date: 9/13/1944 Location: Coriano, Italy After the 1st Canadian Corps' breach of the Green Line, the Allies pushed forward to the inevitable next German defensive position, the Rimini Line. In order to secure its left flank while making the drive to the Rimini Line, the 1st Canadian Corps… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
Head in the Noose Scenario#: AP071 Date: 9/10/1944 Location: Dornot , France The American XXth Corps’ advance through central France brought it to the banks of the Moselle River in early September, and the 5th Infantry Division’s 11th Infantry Regiment forced a crossing of the river in the rain at Dornot on September 8. In… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #7
Yes Sir! Scenario#: AP108 Date: 9/8/1944 Location: Brest, France The 29th Infantry Division was fighting on the Brittany peninsula with orders to crack the German fortress of Brest, home to U-boat pens that housed returning German submarines and – potentially – a massive supply point for the Allies if captured… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Better Fields Of Fire Scenario#: AP107 Date: 9/8/1944 Location: Brest, France In addition to breaking into the stronghold at Kerrognant, US forces also needed to capture Fort Penfield – an old five-sided fort constructed of thick earthen embankments encase in masonry wall and very typical of the numerous pre-twentieth century… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Late for Chow Scenario#: AP143 Date: 8/29/1944 Location: Kergoas, France Breaking out of Normandy, Maj. Gen. Stroh's "Pathfinders" of the 8th Infantry Division advanced quickly across the Breton coast and was the first infantry division to arrive in the Brest area, relieving the 6th Armored on 18 August. In a hasty… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV
The Head of the Mace Scenario#: AP040 Date: 8/20/1944 Location: Mont Ormel, France Elements of the 1st Polish Armoured Division had accidentally arrived in the gap through which the remnants of the German armies in Normandy were struggling to escape the “Falaise Pocket”. Atop the twin 262-meter peaks of Mont Ormel, which they… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944
The Closer Scenario#: AP142 Date: 8/20/1944 Location: St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France Having secured most of the small village of St Lambert-sur-Dives with a quick strike the day before, Major David Vivian Currie of the South Alberta Regiment consolidated his mixed force of tanks and infantry around the main bridge across the Dives… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV
A Polish Battlefield Scenario#: AP129 Date: 8/20/1944 Location: Hill 262, France To help close the gap in the Falaise Pocket, the Polish 1st Armored Division occupied Hill 262, which the Poles called Maczuga (the Mace). The Mace overlooked the Chambois-to-Vimoutiers road which was the Germans' only hope of escape. Occupying a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
Currie's Favor Scenario#: AP141 Date: 8/19/1944 Location: St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France The pincers around Falaise were closing en Paul Hausser's 7 Armee and by the third week of August there were very few routes of escape left. One such possible route was at the village of St. Lambert along the Dives river, which is little more than a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV
Strike Up the Band Scenario#: AP097 Date: 8/9/1944 Location: Lesquern, France By mid-summer, Third Army’s drive across northern France was moving so quickly that it outran its supply sources, and not enough trucks were available to transport supplies to every front line unit. On Patton’s orders, supplies were dumped at the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Old Hickory Scenario#: AP039 Date: 8/7/1944 Location: Mortain, France The Germans did not expect to encounter much resistance in the town of Mortain. The Big Red One was being replaced in the line by the 30th Infantry Division, a proud unit with a rich heritage originally from the North Carolina National Guard. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944